Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Pig Reference # 31561612

Authors:Zhang Z, Chen Z, Ye S, He Y, Huang S, Yuan X, Chen Z, Zhang H, Li J (Contact: jqli@scau.edu.cn)
Affiliation:National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Title:Genome-Wide Association Study for Reproductive Traits in a Duroc Pig Population
Journal:Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2019, 9(10) DOI: 10.3390/ani9100732
Abstract:

In the pig industry, reproductive traits constantly influence the production efficiency. To identify markers and candidate genes underlying porcine reproductive traits, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed in a Duroc pig population. In total, 1067 pigs were genotyped using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips, and four reproductive traits, including litter size at birth (LSB), litter weight at birth (LWB), litter size at weaning (LSW), and litter weight at weaning (LWW), were examined. The results showed that 20 potential SNPs reached the level of suggestive significance and were associated with these traits of interest. Several important candidate genes, including TXN2, KCNA1, ENSSSCG00000003546, ZDHHC18, MAP2K6, BICC1, FAM135B, EPHB2, SEMA4D, ST3GAL1, KCTD3, FAM110A, TMEM132D, TBX3, and FAM110A, were identified and might compose the underlying genetic architecture of porcine reproductive traits. These findings help to understand the genetic basis of porcine reproductive traits and provide important information for molecular breeding in pigs.

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